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Tech Tips: Pigtails on Hogs

Pigtails are the handy electrical doodads that many riders use to simply and easily attach a Battery Tender or smart charger to a battery...

Harley-Davidson vs Indian Motorcycle Part 5

Below is the final installment of our Harley-Davidson vs Indian Motorcycle series, which explores the historic rivalry between the two giants of American motorcycling....

Harley-Davidson vs Indian Motorcycle Part 4

Below is the fourth installment of our Harley-Davidson vs Indian Motorcycle series, which explores the historic rivalry between the two giants of American motorcycling....

Gordon McCall, The Quail MotoFest | Ep. 79 Rider Magazine Insider Podcast

Our guest on Episode 79 of the Rider Magazine Insider Podcast is Gordon McCall, Director of Motorsports at Quail Lodge & Golf Club. McCall...

Love Letter to the Gold Wing: A Lifelong Affair with Honda’s GL

The following story is excerpted from 50th Anniversary Gold Wing, a book released this year by American Honda. It will be provided as a...

Indian Riders Fest 2025 Relocates to Lake Lipno

Indian Riders Fest, the largest summer event for Indian motorcycle riders, is set to be bigger and better than ever for its fifth anniversary,...

Honda Gold Wing 50th Anniversary and Daytona Bike Week | Ep. 78 Rider Magazine Insider Podcast

Episode 78 of the Rider Magazine Insider Podcast is brought to you by Western Power Sports. In this episode, Greg and Duke talk about...

Tech Tips: Studly – How Not to Break Exhaust Studs

The internet is full of misleading info about broken exhaust studs on Harleys, but there is very little to be found about exhaust leaks...

Jail Break! Party At The Pen 2024

Boise, Idaho, is an atypical location for a national-caliber bike show, but even more unusual is the setting. As the name implies, Party At...

Unrepentant Curmudgeon: Truckin’

I recently rode a round-tripper between my California home and North Carolina. Time was a factor, so I had to take the most direct...

Rubber-Side Down: “Lucky” and the Editor

As a longtime editor of motorcycle publications, I imagine myself as having a keen sense of design when it comes to motorized vehicles. We...

2025 Daytona Bike Week Recap

Daytona Bike Week is the most multifarious big motorcycle event in the country and perhaps in the world. Nowhere else can you find the...

Anthony’s Leatherworks | Ep. 77 Rider Magazine Insider Podcast

Our guest on Episode 77 of the Rider Magazine Insider Podcast is Greg Sermabeikian, owner of Anthony’s Leatherworks and MX Boot Resole and Repair,...

Top 10 Flat-Track Racers of All Time

The 2024 American Flat Track season was one for the history books, with Jared Mees notching up his 10th championship to surpass Scott Parker’s...

2025 Motorcycles with Greg and Duke | Ep. 76 Rider Magazine Insider Podcast

On Episode 76 of the Rider Magazine Insider Podcast, co-hosts Greg Drevenstedt and Kevin Duke talk about Rider Magazine’s 50th anniversary and new motorcycles...

Unrepentant Curmudgeon: GPS vs GTS (Green Tape System)

I’ve always been fascinated by maps – hard-to-fold paper maps. As a teenager in the 1950s, I’d snag as many gas station maps as...

Rubber-Side Down: The Joy of Six

We all appreciate the finer things in life – comfy baggers, a well-tuned exhaust system, and quality motorcycle publications. We think you’ll agree that...

Rubber-Side Down: Why We Ride

Describing how a motorcycle functions and performs is fairly easy. An engine feels torquey or peaky; a suspension or seat is plush or firm...

RetroTours: Riding Classic Motorcycles Today

Have you ever discovered something that has you asking yourself, Why hasn’t anyone ever done this before? It seems so obvious, and yet… (The...

50 Years of the Honda Gold Wing

The histories of Rider magazine and the Honda Gold Wing have run parallel – and often intertwined – over the past 50 years. Rider’s...

Bikes and Bombers: Lyon Air Museum Motorcycle Show

Riding a motorcycle is like flying in two dimensions, so it’s a natural collaboration to combine bikes and aircraft for a motorcycle show. The...

Troy Herfoss Interview: The New King Of The Baggers

When a spot opened for a new teammate to join Indian Motorcycle’s Tyler O’Hara in the hunt to reclaim the King Of The Baggers...

Sebastian Schoepe, EAGLERIDER | Ep. 75 Rider Magazine Insider Podcast

Our guest on Episode 75 of the Rider Magazine Insider Podcast is Sebastian Schoepe, the new CEO of EAGLERIDER, the world’s largest motorcycle rental...

Renting a Motorcycle Through Twisted Road

Recently I had an opportunity to fly from California to Ohio to visit my 97-year-old great aunt and to ride Ohio’s Windy 9, a...

Unrepentant Curmudgeon: Fulton’s XRTT

At the recent American Historic Racing Motorcycles Association races at Laguna Seca, I caught up with Walt Fulton, who races a 1972 Harley-Davidson XR750TT...

Ode to a Harley-Davidson Duo-Glide

The Harley-Davidson Duo-Glide marks a significant era in the Motor Company's history. The Panhead-powered touring bike was the first Big Twin Harley with both...

Tech Tips: Fuels, Hoses, and Clamps

Like it or not, ethanol-laced fuel is here to stay. Ethanol is added to gasoline, usually in a 10% blend, to reduce demand for...

Northern Pocahontas County, West Virginia Motorcycle Ride

While riding from Highland County, Virginia, over the West Virginia border, the road surface on U.S. Route 250 magically changed from occasional crumbling asphalt...

Harley-Davidson vs Indian Motorcycle Part 3

Below is the third installment of our Harley-Davidson vs Indian Motorcycle series, which explores the historic rivalry between the two giants of American motorcycling....

Mike Noyes, ALIV Worldwide | Ep. 74 Rider Magazine Insider Podcast

Our guest on Episode 74 of the Rider Magazine Insider Podcast is Mike Noyes, the founder and visionary CEO of ALIV Worldwide, which provides...

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